The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-16
( CONDITION OF TIE ;1t,lI,,, cnops. !.
a Fair Average IN Some Localities-nio
II Rain Needcd. tvs 2 y y I, "a

Gair Average In Somo LocnlitieH-More
\ FRI Rain Nosded. t1Es;s5 Y 9l,;,s
CHICAGO, ILL, May 5.-The following
is the weekly crop summary printed by
the Farmers' Reritao: Our reports for the
past week show that while Some localitiea
we're favored with seasonable rains, others
and greater numbers are needing rain, and
that In Its continued absence cropa will
suffer seriously. Reports on the condition
OF winter wheat continue favorable. .Fonr.
teen counties In Illinois report an AVERAGE
condition Of 90 per cent, while three conn.
ties reportinjury by chiuch bugs. and nna
from drouth. In Indiana four conn.
ties report condition OF 100 per cent In
ohioths average conditions in six counties
reporting by percentages is IS per cent, A.
In Michigan, ak counties report an ay.
eerage condition Of 90 per cent. From
hentucky, three counties report a condi-
tion OF 100 per cent. From seven conn.
ties IN Missouri it is reported an average
condition OF l0S per cent. From Kansas
eight counties report an average condition
Of 70 per cent. Reporta from tie wintnr
wheat counties in WISCONSIN Indicate a
condition Of rs to so per cent. "a. =.
Inc spring wheat growing territory
gives the following figures: Ten Iowa
counties report an average condition OF 90
per cent. From Minnesota. nine conntiea
report the condition fair to good. seyen
counties In Dakota report a full average
condition, and the same is true Of slx
counties reporting from Nebraska. s.3.5Ii3;l
Weather bulletin Of the Signal onice,
WASHINGTON, DO, May 15.-rhe Signal
Office has issued the following weather
crop bulletin for the week ending May Ii,
1887: Temperature-During the current
week the weather has been warmer thsn
usual in all agricultural districts east Of
the Rock Mouutains and in the eouthprn
hait and extreme northern portions Of
California, the only sections reporting
cooler weather than the average Tor tho
week being the lower Rio Grande valley.
oregon, Washington Territory and Cen.
tsal California. The excess OF tempera.
ture over the normal for the week In the
wheat and corn regions of Ohio, upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
ranged from 50 to rs degrees, daily aver
age ofabout to IL degrees above normal.
Ibis exceas Of temperature has served
to advance the season over regions where
total deficiency in temperature since
January lss ranges from 100 degrees to 31}
degrees. The Gulf States, Tennessee,
New jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware, the week was about rs degrees
warmer than usual, thus increasing the
excess OF temperature previously reported
IN these sections; in the cotton region the
excees OF Temperature for the season now
ranges from 200 to 800 degrees. In the
south Atlantic coast the average tempera.
ture Tor the week was about the normal,
thereby changing but slightly the de-.
ticiency Of from 100 TO 200 dsgrees as noted
in the bulletin for the previous week. ~
Rainfall-During the past week, there
has been deficiency Of rainfall in all sec.
tons, except in lower Rio Grande Valley.
Delaware, Maryland and at stations ia
Oregon and Washington Territory, where
slight excesses arc reported. The slight
rainfall during the week has served to IN
crease deficiency existing in Southern
States, where the rainfall since January |
has been for six to ten inches lees than
average Tor the season. The rainfall for the
season is slightly in excess from Northern
Wisconsin westward 10 Northern Dakot7s;
and in Upper Ohio Valley, eastern por.:
tons Of New York and Pennsylvania, and
in Southern Michigan. E 'EZ3
Generally in the wheat and corn regions
Of the north, the weather has been excsp.
honally favorable for agricultural pur.
poses. The dry, warm weather continues
In the cotton regions east of the Miississip.
pi, while the rains west OF the mississippi
have been favorable to the cotton crop,
Although there is large deficiency in the
rainfall in the cotton region, tho recent
showers have improved the condition Of
the crop in the lower Mississippi valley,
while the weather in North and South
Carolina and Southern Virginia is reported
as favorable for the growth Of the pinnt.
[sisned.l a. ". GRRELy,
." Chief Signal Otticer.